I just wanted to share with the world, a couple of little coin box projects I have been working on. They can be connected to the X-Arcade controller and used to activate credits using coinage (and they act as a cool money box!!)

So its basically like pressing the "insert coin" button 5 times just like you said Carsten. If you want any more help let me know. I might update the site if it's unclear then

Really cool, Chris Nightingale! I'm wondering for months if it would work this way - I've just a normal coindoor with two slots, and no native support for higher coin-values. Guess I've to design a triggering-circuit for this, just need to figure out how. :)

I take it you probably have the good old Happs Controls double coin door which has the single coin mechs.

Sure, as I like the golden age! :D Don't know if it is from Happ or another manufacturer, at least the coindoor I got is damn old ;)I'll have to find out how I get this baby to accept Euro-coins, it still stands on 1DM and 5DM.

Already found someone that had done this before, so it's just a question of time to fix this. And somehow I'll find a circuit to build the 5-times-trigger myself. :)

Well depending on how old the coin door is, most of the modern mechs are a standard size and one can be taken out and another one put in.

As for the multi-credit trigger, I'm afraid I know very little about electronics but if you can make a circuit that can accept a single pulse and then get it to transmit several pulses as a result then that is all that's needed.

BTW: I looked at your web page and the cabinet looks ace. Very professional. One day I will have something like that!!